Episode #4.4 

With Nicola on a train heading for Yorkshire, beset by Sky news reporters after scandal, Tucker plots her downfall for the party good, intending to replace her with Dan Miller and getting ... See full summary »

Director:

Becky Martin

Writers:

Sean Gray, Simon Blackwell

Stars:

Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Rebecca Front

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Peter Capaldi	...	Malcolm Tucker
Chris Addison	...	Oliver Reeder
Rebecca Front	...	Nicola Murray
Rebecca Gethings	...	Helen Hatley
James Smith	...	Glenn Cullen
Tony Gardner	...	Dan Miller
Zahra Ahmadi	...	Nurse
Miles Jupp	...	John Duggan
Lucy Briers	...	Cathy Hastings
Justin Edwards	...	Ben Swain

Storyline

With Nicola on a train heading for Yorkshire, beset by Sky news reporters after scandal, Tucker plots her downfall for the party good, intending to replace her with Dan Miller and getting Ben Swain on side with the promise of a cabinet post. Tipped off by Glenn, Nicola offers Ben the role of shadow chancellor but Ollie, in hospital after a burst appendix, and persuaded by Tucker, prevails upon Glenn to find an email to discredit Nicola. It also incriminates Swain, leading to his being duped into resigning, whilst denouncing Nicola, who also stands down as leader with Dan Miller as her successor.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Release Date:

29 September 2012 (UK)

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Did You Know?

Quotes

Nicola Murray: [after Malcolm barges into her office unannounced] Still not knocking, Malcolm?
Malcolm Tucker: Oh, sorry, it's an old habit from my time in the Haitian death squads.

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Connections

References The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

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